Saturday, May 17, 2014

THE FOOD INDUSTRY IS KILLING US!!

ON  THE  CBC  RADIO  THIS  EVENING  WAS  A  VERY  INTERESTING  PROGRAM.

IT  WAS  ABOUT  WHY  IN  THE  WESTERN  WORLD  WE  ARE  HEAVIER  THAN  EVER AND  FAR  TOO  MANY  OF  US  ARE  ADDICTED  TO  FOODS  THAT  ARE  NOT  GOOD  FOR  US.

ONE  MAN  POINTED  OUT  THAT  THE  FAMOUS  NAME  "KELLOGG"  -  THE  BREAKFAST  CEREAL  GIANT,  STARTED  OUT  TO  MAKE  A  CEREAL  THAT  WAS  VERY  HEALTHY  FOR  YOU;  BUT  LIKE  SO  MANY  OTHERS  IN  THE  FOOD  INDUSTRY,  BIG  BUSINESS  AND  PROFITS  TOOK  OVER.

COMPANIES  GOT  TO  FIGURE  OUT  THAT  ADDING  SOME  SUGAR.....WELL  IT  WOULD  GET  OUR  SUGAR  GLANS  CATCHING  ON,  AND  THE  WAVE  OF  POPULARITY  WOULD  MUSHROOM.

THEY  DISCOVERED  THAT  WE  HAVE  A  PEAK  OF  "SUGAR"  LIKINGS  IN  OUR  BODY  THAT  REACHES  A  PEAK....THEN..... WELL  HE  ILLUSTRATED  THIS  WAY.  YOU  CAN  ADD  A  LITTLE  SUGAR  TO  COFFEE,  AND  STILL  LIKE  IT,  THEN  ADD  SOME  MORE  AND  STILL  LIKE  IT,  BUT  ADDING  TOO  MUCH  AND.....YUK!!  WE  DON'T  LIKE  IT.

SO  THEY  PUT  IN  A  LITTLE  SUGAR  INTO  ALL  KINDS  OF  PROCESSED  FOODS,  YOU'D  NEVER  EXPECT  SUGAR  TO  BE  IN.  I  HAD  TO  LOOK  AT  4  TINS  OF  PEAS  BEFORE  I  FOUND  ONE  THAT  ONLY  CONTAINED  "PEAS  AND  WATER."  THE  OTHERS  HAD  SUGAR  IN  THEM.

THEN  THE  OTHER  "SNAG  YOU"  IS  SALT....... YES  THOSE  3  TINS  OF  PEAS  WITH  SUGAR  ALSO  CONTAINED  SALT.

SO  OVER  THE  PAST  DECADES  THE  FOOD  INDUSTRY  HAS  REALLY  WORKED  HARD  TO  TRY  AND  FIGURE  OUT  WHAT  WILL  HOOK  YOU.

THEY  ALSO  DISPLAY  THE  FOOD  RACKS  IN  GROCERY  STORES  WITH  CHILD  TO ADULT  IN  MIND;  PUTTING  THINGS  TO  CATCH  THE  EYE  OF  CHILDREN  LOWER  DOWN,  THAN  THE  EYE  CATCHING  STUFF  FOR  ADULTS.

OF  COURSE  THE  RADIO  DOCUMENTARY  TOLD  ABOUT  ALL  THE  DOZENS  AND  DOZENS  OF  FOOD  STUFF  THAT  THEY  HAVE  "INVENTED"  IN  MODERN  TIMES,  THAT  WERE  JUST  NOT  THERE  60, 70, 80  OR  100  YEARS  AGO.  COMMONLY  NOW  CALLED  "JUNK  FOODS."  AND  OF  COURSE  ALL  THE  SODA  POPS  WITH  MORE  SUGAR  IN  THEM  THAN  ANYONE  WOULD  EVER  GUESS.

THEY  BROUGHT  OUT  THAT  HAVING  SODA  POP  DOES  NOT  MAKE  YOU  EAT  LESS  IN  A  DAY.  SOME  THINK  THAT  INITIAL  BLOTTING  FEELING  FROM  SODA  POP  WOULD  MAKE  YOU  EAT  LESS;  THE  FACTS  ARE  IT  DOES  NOT,  IN  THE  STUDIES  THEY  HAVE  DONE.

THEY  DID  TESTS  LIKE  PUTTING  A  BOWL  OF  CANDIES/CHOCOLATES  ON  A  WORKERS  DESK  AND  PUTTING  THE  SAME  BOWL  6  OR  7  FEET  AWAY.  THE  PEOPLE  WHO  HAD  TO  MOVE  6  OR  7  FEET  FOR  THE  CANDY.....THEY  ATE  LESS  THAN  THOSE  WHO  HAD  THE  CANDY  BOWL  ON  THEIR  DESK.  ACTUALLY  THE  HAVING  TO  MOVE  TO  GET  THE  CANDY  WAS  NOT  SO  MUCH  THE  DETERRENT  TO  EAT  THEM,  BUT  IT  ACTUALLY  GAVE  THE  TIME  FOR  THE  PERSON  TO  THINK "DO  I  REALLY  NEED  TO  EAT  SO  MANY."  AND  THEY  SO  DID  NOT.  THE  ONES  WITH  THE  CANDY  BOWL  ON  THE  DESK,  EVEN  IF  THEY  DID  NOT  EAT  THAT  MANY,  WOULD  STILL  CONSUME  THE  CALORIES  IN  A  YEAR,  THAT  WOULD  ADD  18  POUNDS  TO  THEIR  WEIGHT.

THEN  THERE  IS  "FAT"  IN  THINGS,  AGAIN  THINGS  WE  WOULD  NOT  REALLY  THINK  CONTAINED  FAT  PER  SE.  MORE  MANIPULATION  BY  THE  FOOD  INDUSTRY.

THEY  TALKED  ABOUT  ALL  THE  PROCESSED  GRAIN  PRODUCTS..... EMPTY  OF  REAL  NUTRITION,  BUT  HIGH  IN  CALORIES.

THEY  TALKED  ABOUT  THE  COMBINATION  OF  THINGS.  SO  YOU  GO  TO  THE  MOVIE  THEATER.  YOU  BUY  A  BIG  BAG  OF  POPCORN;  IT  HAS  SALT  IN  IT,  EVEN  IF  YOU  HAVE  NO  BUTTER  ON  THE  POPCORN;  SO  OF  COURSE  YOU  HAVE  TO  BUY  A  BIG  SODA  DRINK  TO  OFF-SET  THE  SALTY  POPCORN.  AND  YOU  KNOW  HOW  THE  THEATER  PEOPLE..... WELL  GET  POPCORN,  DRINK,  AND  SOME  CANDY  BAR  FOR  LESS  MONEY  WHEN  THE  THREE  ARE  BOUGHT  TOGETHER.  MORE  SLICK  ADVERTISING  TO  MORE  CALORIE  INTAKE,  SUGAR  AND  SALT  TAKING  ITS  HOLD  ON  YOU.

THEY  TALKED  ABOUT  FAT  AND  SUGAR  AND  INSULIN.  GOT  QUITE  TECHNICAL  IN  THAT  PART  OF  THE  DOCUMENTARY.  BUT  THE  BOTTOM  LINE;  WHEN  YOU  COMBINE  THE  ABOVE,  YOUR  BODY  IS  MESSED  UP  AND  STORES  UP  FAT  INSTEAD  OF  NOT  STORING  IT  UP...... BINGO..... MORE  WEIGHT  ADDED  TO  YOUR INCREASING  WEIGHT..... HENCE  WE  HAVE  A  WESTERN  WORLD  OF  MORE  OVER-WEIGHT  AND  OBESE  CHILDREN  AND  ADULTS  THAN  EVER  BEFORE.

OF  COURSE  NOT  GETTING  REAL  EXERCISE,  BUT  A  GENERATION  OF  PUT  YOUR  FEET  UP  AND  WATCH  TV  SHOWS  WHILE  EATING  THIS  AND  THAT,  HAS  ALSO  BROUGHT  US  TO  OUR  PRESENT  SITUATION  OF  OUR  WEIGHT  PROBLEMS.

WITH  ALL  OF  THIS  WE  THEN  HAVE  MANY  HEALTH  PROBLEMS  JUST  FROM  WRONG  DIET  LIVING  AND  OVER-WEIGHTINESS.  WHICH  THEN  MEANS  OUR  HEALTH  CARE  SYSTEMS  COST  US  MORE  AND  MORE  MONEY  TO  RUN.

WELL  THERE  MAY  BE  NO  TURNING  BACK  OUR  NATION'S  CLOCK  ON  THE  OUTRAGEOUS  FOOD  INDUSTRY;  BUT  YOU  CAN  DETERMINE  TO  LIVE  DIFFERENTLY  THAN  WHAT  MOST  ARE  LIVING  IN  THIS  PHYSICAL  LIFE.

AND  I'LL  MENTION   IT  AGAIN,  THE  GOOD  OLD  COURSE  OF  "HEALTH  AND  STRENGTH"  BY  CHARLES  ATLAS  IS  STILL  AVAILABLE.  TYPE  IN  CHARLES  ATLAS  IN  YOUR  WEB-BROWSER  AND  UP  IT  WILL  COME.
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